Setting Quickstart: The Paladin’s Tale
May 29
It had been a long, hard, unpleasant ride across the plains of Maelwysrin, made longer by the fact that she hadn’t been allowed to return to the barracks before starting west. She hadn’t been forced to draw her sword to fell anything other than brambles, so far. Grand quest indeed. Justice squirmed in the saddle, raising her gauntleted hand to shelter her vision against the setting sun. The...
DnDnext: Bringing in the Noobs
May 24
By now the gaming Internet is effectively slavering with anticipation for the first widely available look at the next edition of Dungeons and Dragons. Although the open playtest is starting…well, now, a few of us have had the opportunity to playtest the new game already: I’ve been a player and a DM, and so far I like it. I really like it. Unfortunately, as you’ve probably...
Setting Quickstart — Terror on the High Seas
May 22
Jeranna leaned into the salty spray of the sea, feet placed perfectly on the Skyracer’s bowsprit. One long, sinewy arm reached back, holding onto a rope that one of her lieutenants had insisted she take with her out above the vessel’s prow. She smiled, crinkling the midnight skin around her eyes and mouth, feeling simple ecstasy at being able to ride the Placid Sea with such...
What Not to Do This Con Season
May 15
Con season is upon us. Gamedays and big conventions like Origins and Gen Con fill the Summer calendar, including one not too far from the secret temple of the Illuminerdy. As I sat down to write this post, I was planning to address how to write and run a top-shelf one shot, a sort of companion piece to the great article last week from our own d20Blonde. But then I remembered that the amazing...
I’m Your Huckleberry: A Con-Goer’s Code
May 10
As summer prepares to slam dunk it’s sweaty ass into our lives, I’m starting to think about THE FUTURE. Specifically, convention season. And even more specifically, GenCon. I love GenCon. I love it so much. But, it seems I encounter a lot of haters. “I went to GenCon once,” they say. “I didn’t really like it,” they say. My response? YOU DID IT WRONG. CONS...
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